Mental health care: California provides example of using peer leaders to help ease staff shortages

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Amid Mental Health Staffing Crunch, Medi-Cal Patients Help One Another - KFF Health News Peer leaders can help ease the shortage of mental health providers and build trust through shared experiences, state health officials say. In 2022, California started allowing counties to use Medicaid dollars to pay them for their work. khnkit KFF Health News

 

 

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